Melania Trump Says Kathy Griffin's Beheaded Donald Trump Photo Was 'Disturbing'

First Lady Melania Trump also reacted critically Wednesday along with others who had been condemning comedian Kathy Griffin for a photo shoot featuring a severed, bloody and decapitated head that strongly resembled her husband, President Donald Trump.

Melania claimed that the incident “makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it.”

“As a mother, a wife, and a human being, that photo is very disturbing,” Melania said in a statement provided by her spokeswoman.

“When you consider some of the atrocities happening in the world today, a photo opportunity like this is simply wrong and makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it,” she added, reported CNN.

Griffin faced backlash and came under fire from both sides of the political aisle when she posted the photo Tuesday, which sparked a huge wave of controversy and outrage across social media. Both conservatives and liberals criticized her actions and agreed that she “crossed the lines.”

At first, Griffin defended the photo saying she was “merely mocking the Mocker in Chief,” in a tweet that has since been deleted. However, later she posted an apology video on social media, Tuesday evening saying she “went way too far” and would immediately ask the photographer Tyler Shields to take the image down. “I'm a comic, I crossed the line,” she said in the video posted on her Twitter account.

“I sincerely apologize,” Griffin added. “I made a mistake and I was wrong.”

President Trump himself took to Twitter early Wednesday morning to sharply criticize the photo.

“This is vile and wrong. It is never funny to joke about killing a president,” former first daughter Chelsea Clinton wrote on Twitter.

Some social media users demanded that Griffin be arrested because it was a federal crime to aim a direct threat at the president. The Secret Service did not comment directly, however they did post some indirect threats on Twitter following the incident.

The president has been known for his direct narrative on Twitter while blasting his opponents; however it has not been quite frequent for his wife to join him on the social media platform or in front of the media. She has almost always stayed out from political arena during his campaign and also hasn’t been too active on social media.

But the first lady has always been defensive of her family and her own reputation. She had filed a lawsuit in February against the British newspaper Mail Online and Daily Mail and their blogger for publishing articles falsely accusing the first lady of working as an escort earlier. The articles were retracted and the lawsuit was settled in her favor.

In November, the first lady had threatened to sue a Youtuber, who posted a false video speculating that her son, Barron Trump had autism. The video was removed later.

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There have been instances earlier too where first ladies took the responsibility to defend their families and their private lives. Laura Bush defended her daughters when they were caught drinking while they were underage, she often said: “They just want to do like every other teenager does.”

Hillary Clinton was also said to have put a word to the show “Saturday Night Live” that she was upset, when one of their “Wayne’s World” sketch poked fun at Chelsea Clinton, who wore braces before she became a teenager.

Michelle Obama’s press secretary sternly warned Ty Inc. when they produced “Beanie Babies” in the likeness of the former first lady’s daughters.